An Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet - Prajna Quest

30 BOOTAN.the focus; an operation which he quickly comprehended, and readilylengthened or shortened the tube until it suited his sight. Helooked through his glass, at a frontispiece to one of the numbers ofBell's British Theatre, Miss Young in the character of Artemisia,and exclaimed with amazement, " How small about the waist, andwhat a vast circumference below !" The impression was natural ; andin general, the observations that he made indicated a shrewdness ofapprehension, and much sound judgment. Mr. Davis had taken aview of Buxadewar, which was laying on the table :the Soobah wasinstantly struck with it, and recognized all the different parts of hishabitation ; the beams, the stairs, the people looking out at the windows,and even the packages tliat lay beneath. He staid with us tillthe servants came to prepare for dinner.I invited him to dine, to which he readily agreed.At table he ateand drank as we did, without scruple;yet I suspect his urbanity mightincline him to suppress expressions of dislike, and to do some violenceto his taste ;for beer and claret could hardly be agreeable to a palate,unaccustomed to such liquors ; he drank of them, however, as well asof Madeira, and said he liked them much :he admired our bread, andate of it heartily. After dinner, in the way of conversation, I mentionedthat we were desirous of going to the top of an adjacent hill,towards which I pointed, and asked him if there was any road. Heobserved to me, that it was a consecrated place, and that he wouldchoose by all means to accompany us. My guns were standing in acorner of the tent, and he expressed some curiosity tolook at them:they were charged, and I fired one at a kite. Presently, as we walked